IF only – – –

Many years ago, when I was doing a photo-assignment for a big department store, I made an excuse of

a cause of inadequacy, or blaming the situation of my Court Case in the High Court.

( If not I could have done in different way —– kind)

The editor, who happen to be a seasoned  Zenist, shouted me at once ” There is no IF,  in the life”.

As if it was a hit of lightning, this words opened my eyes.  And it’s lightening went through my spine.

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Yes, this is it.  All the Buddhism knowledges or crèche went down to the depth of my subconscious where

the reality of the life lives.   ( We can have a dream, though only able to live in reality )

We got only one life.  What ever happened there, is either given by the Dharma, or the result of

my own Karma —— in either case they are unavoidable or inevitable.  There was no choice.

Its mean, any excuse or complaint is utterly waste of the time.    Since, no-one has the opportunity to

have his life Re-Do and tinker the past, and no time left to patch up anyway.

Only the way left is, anything for further on —— now on, has to do the best. Just Do It.

The Life I have done and the Life I’m doing is my only life.  No but, no excuse, since only

the person who judge it,  is myself.  There is no point to deceive myself or to dodge a word.

Anyhow the Dharma is inside of me —— there is no escape.

A convenient excuse of  “IF”  doesn’t work.  😀

( In this aspect,  the Buddhism is very harsh.

Unless otherwise Buddha wouldn’t have defined that “The Life is suffering” in his Four Noble Truth )

——– After many years, I heard the same words from two more person, one was even a young art student,

and realized, it was not Master Takeda’s invention, but more likely a popular phrase then,  still it didn’t

reduce the value of his teachings.

Simply because  ” There is no IF, in the life”  is absolutely true.

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